Next week will mark the end of trimester two. Your baby is almost fully developed and from now on simply needs to mature until it is ready for birth.
Your doctor and your partner should be able to hear your baby's heartbeat unaided. With the aid of a stethoscopeA medical instrument, which usually consists of a metal cone shaped diaphragm connected by rubber tubing to earpieces, thus allowing physicians to hear the sound of the heart and lungs.
The modern instrument was developed by New York physician G.P. Cammann and the process of ausculation or listening to the sounds made in the upper body forms an important part of medical diagnosis.
Visit our comprehensive glossary for more pregnancy terms and definitions. you too should be able to heart its heart beating. This week you should be able to tell if your baby is left or right handed.
This week your baby has more control over its limbs. It is becoming more dextrous. For instance it can make a fist with its fingers.
Your baby's genitalia are being formed; testes are descending into the scrotum in males, females are developing their vagina.
Your baby's preference for using its left or right hand is now becoming apparent. Photographs using fetoscopy will reveal small veins in your baby's skin.
Your body has been producing the hormoneA complex chemical substance created in a part or organ of the body. When released it initiates or regulates activity in an organ or group of cells in another part of the body.
Hormones secreted by endocrine glands are transported through the bloodstream to their target organ. The amount of hormone secreted is regulated either by other hormones, by neurotransmitters, or simply when an excess of the organ's activity indicates a need to reduce the amount of the hormone produced.
Other hormones are produced locally by the organs themselves and are common in the digestive tract.
Visit our comprehensive glossary for more pregnancy terms and definitions. progesteroneOne of the two naturally occuring female hormones (the other is estrogen) used to regulate and maintain the pregnancy. Produced first by the corpus luteum in the ovary, production is subsequently taken over by the placenta as it develops. During pregnancy a mother's production of progesterone ten times the level it was prior to conception. Progesterone and estrogen are responsible for giving many mothers a sense of tranquility, shiny hair and glowing skin.
Visit our comprehensive glossary for more pregnancy terms and definitions.. It has the effect of slowing down your digestive system causing hemorrhoids and constipation. Your uterus is now about the size of a basketball. It is big enough to put upwards pressure on your diaphragm and lower ribs. Pressure is also placed on the stomach, and together with the progesterone is probably causing you to get heartburn and back up acid into the esophagus.
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